Photo by Larry Towell/Magnum For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love By Cathy Mason is an associate professor in philosophy at the Central European University in Vienna. She is the author of Iris Murdoch’s Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real and the Good (forthcoming, OUP). Being in love is one of the most profound experiences we can have, one that can powerfully move us and irrevocably change the way we see ourselves, one another, and even the wider world. Literature and film often explore romantic love’s capacity … Continue reading Why love matters most